Military Embedded Systems

Press Releases

Radar/EW

Kaman Measuring Highlights DIT-5200L Noncontact Differential Measuring System - Press Release

February 10, 2021

Middletown, CT – The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., the world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance position measurement systems, highlights the DIT-5200L non-contact displacement measuring system, ideal for fast-steering mirrors, servo control position feedback, stage positioning, and angular displacement indication, as well as X-Y orbit position feedback and stylus position. Offering differential for common mode rejection at an economical price, the DIT-5200L provides advanced precision measurement technology with exceptional resolution, repeatability, and nulling accuracy. Applications for the DIT-5200L include laser communications, optical stabilization, and magnetic bearings.

Radar/EW

Delta Digital Video Introduces H.265 4-Channel HD/SD Video Encoder Supporting Multi-Channel Video Transmission Applications - Press Release

February 10, 2021

Delta Digital Video is excited to announce the launch of a new addition to the line of high-quality, low bandwidth H.265 video encoders! The Model 7841 4-Channel H.265 Video Encoder is an HD/SD video encoder designed to support any multi-channel video transmission application.

Radar/EW

VadaTech Announces a new Processor AMC with Layerscape LX2160A and support for SRIO/PCIe - Press Release

February 09, 2021

Henderson, NV – February 8, 2021 – VadaTech, a leading manufacturer of integrated systems, embedded boards, enabling software and application-ready platforms, announces the AMC705. The AMC705 is a Processor AMC (PrAMC) based on the NXP Layerscape LX2160A in a single-module, full-size AMC form factor based on the AMC.1, AMC.2 and the AMC.4 specifications. The LX2160A provides 16 Cortex- A72 cores with 8 MB platform cache and dual 64-bit memory controllers.

Comms

BAE Systems to sustain Air Traffic Control systems with $65.7 million contract from the US Navy - Press Release

February 02, 2021

 

The U.S. Navy selected BAE Systems for a five-year $65.7 million single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for air traffic control (ATC) platform sustainment and engineering services. The company will continue to utilize its engineering, technical, and operational expertise to develop, produce, equip, test, evaluate, sustain, and update key expeditionary ATC aviation systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) Webster Outlying Field (WOLF).

Radar/EW

Pentek Ships Quartz RFSoC Rugged Small Form Factor Subsystem Ideal for Custom Integrations - Press Release

February 01, 2021

Pentek, Inc., today introduced additions to the Quartz RFSoC Architecture family, the Model 6350S and Model 6353S (Gen 3 RFSoC), eight-channel A/D and D/A converter subsystems in rugged small form factor package. Based on Pentek QuartzXM eXpress modules that utilize the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC FPGA, the Model 6350S and Model 6353S are very suitable for SIGINT and COMINT, military communications, EW countermeasures, radar transceiver, test and measurement, SATCOM, LiDAR, 5G and LTE wireless applications.

Radar/EW

EIZO Releases Rugged XMC Graphics/GPGPU Card with Field Programmable Configuration of Analog and Digital Outputs - Press Release

February 01, 2021

Altamonte Springs, Florida, February 1, 2021 – EIZO Rugged Solutions Inc., a provider of ruggedized graphics and video products, has released the Condor NVP2009AxX – an XMC graphics and GPGPU card that supports various combinations of analog and digital outputs.

Radar/EW

Solicitation for voters for ANSI ballot of ANSI/VITA 76.0-2016 for reaffirmation - Press Release

January 28, 2021

ANSI/VITA 76.0-2016, High Performance Cable Standard - Ruggedized 10 Gbaud Bulkhead Connector for Cu and AOC Cables

Radar/EW

Solicitation for voters for ANSI ballot of ANSI/VITA 66.4-2016 for reaffirmation - Press Release

January 28, 2021

ANSI/VITA 66.4-2016, Optical Interconnect On VPX – Half Width MT Variant

Radar/EW

Pixus releases conduction-cooled version of OpenVPX chassis manager - Press Release

January 28, 2021

Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions, now offers a conduction-cooled model for their 3U OpenVPX Chassis Manager.

Radar/EW

Silvus Secures Additional Funding, Advancement to Third Phase of SWARMM Program - Press Release

January 27, 2021

Los Angeles, California (January 27, 2020) – Silvus Technologies, Inc. (“Silvus”) today announced the company is going under contract for Phase Three of the DARPA Scalable Wideband Autonomous RF Mapping MANET (SWARMM) program to deliver a matured radio frequency (RF) spectrum scanning technology. The SWARMM program is based on Silvus’ Filtering by Aliasing Spectrum Sensing Technology (FASST). The FASST sensor is designed to deliver extremely fast spectrum scanning speed – 6 to 60 THz/sec – in a form factor the size of an iPhone.

Avionics

JANUS Awarded Patent for Systems and Methods for Positional Tracking in a Virtual Reality System - Press Release

January 27, 2021

January 12, 2021 (EVANS, GA) - JANUS Research Group (JANUS) has been granted a patent for systems and methods for positional tracking in a virtual reality system. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued US Patent 10852832 covering design methods for positional tracking in virtual reality and training systems. This technology helps simplify and mobilize virtual training systems setup procedures, track movement that is out of view during training, and better train learners on interactive activities within virtual environments.

Unmanned

Aerovel Flexrotor UAS Speeds Through Its Reliability Demonstration - Press Release

January 27, 2021

White Salmon, WA – January 26, 2021– Aerovel, makers of Flexrotor, the most advanced Group 2 unmanned aerial system (UAS) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), today announced strong reliability results for its latest Flexrotor variant. In demonstrations conducted for SOCOM (United States Special Operations Command) missions, Aerovel demonstrated over 150 cycles on the latest Flexrotor variant. One Flexrotor aircraft has 102 cycles, most of them logged on only six flying days. Flexrotor is designed for the demanding reliability and specifications required by the US Department of Defense (DOD) while being affordable for commercial applications.

Avionics

Marotta Controls to Develop Innovative Control Actuation System for U.S. Navy’s SPEAR Project - Press Release

January 27, 2021

MONTVILLE, N.J.—January 26, 2021—Marotta Controls, a rapidly growing aerospace and defense supplier based in New Jersey, announced today that it has designed and will be manufacturing a new Control Actuation System (CAS) for the U.S. Navy’s Supersonic Propulsion Enabled Advanced Ramjet (SPEAR) project. The Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division is co-developing the SPEAR demonstrator with Boeing, which will help the Navy determine technical requirements for future carrier-based weapons systems. Marotta’s CAS will be utilized on SPEAR during its technology prove-out demonstration slated for late 2022.

Unmanned

Metal Shark Developing Autonomous Naval Defense System for the United States Marine Corps - Press Release

January 26, 2021

Jeanerette, LA – January 25th, 2021: Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has been selected to develop and implement the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) System for the United States Marine Corps.

Comms

Horizon31 introduces the MobileMesh Radio - Press Release

January 26, 2021

Horizon31 has introduced the MobileMesh hand radio. This ruggedized and secure IP radio is designed for unmanned system ground stations, mesh nodes, or for general purpose mobile ad hoc networking.